BC Coroners Service alters inquest date

BURNABY, B.C. — The BC Coroners Service (BCCS) has announced revisions to its plans for inquests into the deaths of four workers who died in two sawmill explosions in 2012. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe announced last August that the deaths from the two explosions would all be examined in a single inquest on March 2 in Prince George. “On consideration of further information provided and presentations from the families, survivors, communities and inquest participants, two separate inquests will now be held,” the BCCS said in a statement. Robert Luggi Jr., 45, and Carl Charlie, 42, were killed in the Burns Lake explosion on Jan. 20, 2012; Alan Little, 43, and Glenn Roche, 46, died as a result of the Lakeland Mills explosion in Prince George on April 23 of that year. The BCCS said that the inquest into the Lakeland Mills incident will proceed as scheduled on March 2, but the inquest into the Babine Forest Products mill deaths will be held on July 13.

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